 Cape Henlopen Beacon in 1863 (USLHS/Archives) | |
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| Location | Cape Henlopen, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 38°47′25″N 75°4′50″W / 38.79028°N 75.08056°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1825 (first tower) 1864 (second tower) |
| Construction | stone (first) iron/wood (second) |
| Height | 45 feet (14 m)[1] |
| Shape | conical tower (first) house on iron frame (second) |
| Light | |
| Deactivated | 1884 |
| Lens | reflector array/ fourth order Fresnel lens |
The Cape Henlopen Beacon was a lighthouse built to mark the point of the cape, supplementing Cape Henlopen Light just to the south. It was decommissioned in 1884 and demolished.
- ^ List of Light-houses, Lighted Beacons, and Floating Lights of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts of the United States. Treasury Department. January 1, 1868. pp. 24–25. Retrieved 2014-01-23.